FIFA World Cup Winners and Hosts from 1930-2014

The first ever FIFA World Cup was played in 1930 in Uruguay. Uruguay won this world cup by defeating Argentina in the final by 4-2. Since then, total 20 World Cups have been played while no World Cup was played in 1942 and 1946 because of the second world war. In this article, we are gonna list all the FIFA World Cup Winners, Runners-Up, and Hosts.

Given below is the list of all the World Cup Winners, Runners-up, and Hosts.

FIFA World Cup Winners, Runners-Up, and Hosts:

Year

Host Country

Winner

Runners-up

Total Teams Participated

1930

Uruguay

Uruguay

Argentina

13

1934

Italy

Italy

Czechoslovakia

16

1938

France

Italy

Hungary

15

1950

Brazil

Uruguay

Brazil

13

1954

Switzerland

West Germany

Hungary

16

1958

Sweden

Brazil

Sweden

16

1962

Chile

Brazil

Czechoslovakia

16

1966

England

England

West Germany

16

1970

Mexico

Brazil

Italy

16

1974

West Germany

West Germany

Netherlands

16

1978

Argentina

Argentina

Netherlands

16

1982

Spain

Italy

West Germany

24

1986

Mexico

Argentina

West Germany

24

1990

Italy

West Germany

Argentina

24

1994

United States

Brazil

Italy

24

1998

France

France

Brazil

32

2002

Japan & South Korea

Brazil

Germany

32

2006

Germany

Italy

France

32

2010

South Africa

Spain

Netherlands

32

2014

Brazil

Germany

Argentina

32

2018

Russia

32

2022

Qatar

32

2026

To be decided

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Summary of all the World Cups from 1930 to 2014:

Brazil has won the most number of World Cups i.e., 5. Brazil is also the one and only nation that has participated in all the World Cups from 1930 to 2014.

Germany has played most number of World Cup Finals i.e., 8. They won four of them.

The Netherlands is the most unfortunate team as they have played 3 finals but failed to win them.

Lionel Messi in 2014 World Cup Final

Asia and Africa have hosted 1 World Cup each. 2002 World Cup was hosted by Japan & South Korea while 2010 World Cup was hosted by South Africa.

Italy has a total of 4 World Cups and is on number 2 on the list along with Germany.

In the history of World Cups, just 12 teams have reached the Final of the tournament and 8 of them have won the finals.

Uruguay, Italy, France, England, Argentina, and West Germany are the teams that have also won a World Cup as hosts.

All the finalist teams are either from South America or Europe.

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